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Red Baraat:
Mast Qalandar
/ Shruggy Ji
(1:16:21 )
Playing at the Clearwater Festival, Croton-on-Hudson NY, June 16 (they're also playing RIGHT NOW at the Googa Mooga festival in Prospect Park, Brooklyn!)

Shava Featuring King G:
Päälliköt on Voittamattomii
/ Betoninen Kotimaani
(1:26:11 )
Finnish (!) bhangra band playing Studio 2012, Hamilton, NJ on Sun June 9, the Shrine in Harlem Tues June 11 and also earlier dates in Vancouver and nearby.

Quitapenas:
Mas Tropical (Sinkane Remix)
(1:38:06 )
Sinkane is at Maxwell's on June 16th, also on the bill with Femi Kuti at Summerstage and participating in Red Hot and Fela later in the summer at Lincoln Center Out of Doors, I believe.

Emel Mathlouthi:
Ya Tounes Ya Meskina (Poor Tunisia)
/ Kelmti Horra
(2:06:04 )
Playing at FIAF Florence Gould Hall 55 East 59th St, Wednesday May 22, 8 pm (part of the World Nomads Tunisia festival). She wrote this song while a student at the Université de Tunis in 2005. Though now living in Paris, her concert in Sfax, Tunisia was considered influential in the Tunisian revolution of early 2011 that kicked off the Arab Spring (she dedicated the concert to the revolutionary cause).

A Hawk and a Hacksaw:
You Have Already Gone to the Other World
/ You Have Already Gone to the Other World
(2:10:53 )
Playing a free concert at Lincoln Center Rubinstein Atrium, 61 W 62 St. at Broadway on Thursday May 23 at 7:30 pm (get there early to make sure you can get in)

Lemon Bucket Orchestra:
Adje Jano
/ Cheeky
(2:38:54 )
From Toronto. The band performs in La MaMa's Fire. Water. Night: When Trees Move and Women Burn - A World Music Theatre Performance On the Move by Yara Arts Group. June 7-16, Thursday-Saturday 7:30 pm, Sunday 2:30 + Sunday June 9 at 7:00 at La MaMa in the good old East Village.

Sat. 5/18/13 6:52pm
David D:
Hallo Rob! This is just the antidote I need from hearing all that Eurovision stuff.

Sat. 5/18/13 6:56pm
David D:
Yes, cool day here too, but still springlike.

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Sat. 5/18/13 7:02pm
Rob Weisberg:
Beware David D, over the years I have dropped in the odd Eurovision track around the time of the competition (although usually the most Balkan-sounding entry I can find). Lucky for you (and perhaps all the listeners) I forgot all about Eurovision this year - !

Sat. 5/18/13 7:06pm
David D:
Haha, actually the Greek contribution, a kind of ska'd up traditional Greek song about alcohol, wasn't all that terrible. And it actually got a few votes. Otherwise, the usual stuff, mostly, from the bit that I saw.

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Sat. 5/18/13 8:41pm
Rob Weisberg:
Thanks Uncle Michael! I was born on May 26th, 1963 - the day the Organization of African Unity (OAU) was founded! (I won't be doing a show next weekend because of FMU's Primavera Sound festival broadcasts from Barcelona.)